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the plant in characteristic form only in a hedge near Castleton 

 in Braemar. There it is true Mollugo, but may not be 

 "native." " At the Printfields, Aberdeen," I have not seen it, 

 and probably the locality has been built upon. From the 

 habitats given the records probably apply to the next form, 

 not distinguished from Mollugo in the "Botanist's Guide." 

 In the end of September 1903 I found a plant of G. Mollugo 

 near Tillyfourie Station on Donside. 



G. erection, Hudson (Erect Bedstraw). I had no record of this 

 plant within South Aberdeenshire until a few weeks ago, when I 

 saw a large patch of it growing by a pond at Broomend in 

 Kintore. Dr. Tait told me that the spot had been laid a good 

 many years ago with turf, so that it may not be indigenous 

 there, but that the turf was brought from the neighbourhood, 

 within the parish of Kintore. 



G. ochroleucum, Syme. Described from the sandhills at Deal as a 

 variety of verum, or as a possible hybrid between it and 

 Mollugo, along with which it grew, it has not to my knowledge 

 been recorded from Scotland. I was therefore much pleased 

 to find a strong plant of it in the end of July, growing by a 

 rough road about eleven miles north of Aberdeen. It was 

 growing with abundance of verum; but of Mollugo or of 

 ereduiii I could see no trace. In stems, leaves, and flowers it 

 differed markedly from verum. The habitat is about three 

 miles distant from that of erectum at Broomend. 



G. saxatile, L. (Smooth Heath Bedstraw). Extremely common on 

 uncultivated ground from sea-level to a great altitude. It is 

 very often galled by mites (Eriophyes sp.}, especially on the 

 hills. 



G. sylvestre, Poll. (Slender Bedstraw). Was found by me, as 

 already recorded in this Journal, in one or two localities on the 

 coast of Aberdour in N. Aberdeenshire, and of Gamrie in 

 Banffshire, but was not known to occur elsewhere in the 

 counties around Aberdeen, though I had often sought for it. 

 But in July of this year I found it in small quantity in a 

 railway cutting a little to the north of Aberdeen. It appears 

 to be very rare in the district. 



G. paliistre, With. (Marsh Bedstraw). Is abundant in ditches and 

 wet meadows and swamps. The variety Witheringii (Smith) 

 is more frequent than the smooth-stemmed form ; and var. 

 elongatum (Presl.) also occurs. 



G. uliginosum, L. (Rough Marsh Bedstraw). Is present in many 

 swamps and wet heaths, often in plenty, though seldom so con- 

 spicuous as G. palustre. Occasionally they grow intermixed ; 

 but other localities show only one or the other. 



